The finfluencer effect: Unregulated viral money tips outpacing Canada’s securities regulators

By Hodine Williams ( June 3, 2025, 10:39 AM EDT) -- Imagine taking medical advice from a stranger who got famous doing viral dance challenges. Sounds absurd, right? Yet millions of Canadians are doing the financial equivalent: trusting their hard-earned money to unlicensed social media “gurus” who dish out investment tips between memes and makeup tutorials....